Best time to sell cow and calf

Madden171 · 03-10-2013 5:00pm #1

Hi
I have a angus x Charolais cross heifer calving in 4 weeks time to RHF from Dovea what time would be they best time to sell her after she calves?? Because I didn't make silage and have 7 incalf cows and 4 weanlings to feed I know not a lot but how many bales would I need for them, I won't be putting then in til the weather gets bad thanks

1chippy · 03-10-2013 5:52pm

the weather just turned bad.

mikeoh · 03-10-2013 6:54pm

Id sell now , same money and none of the hassle...if her time up n 4 weeks she mightn't calf for another 2 week's and another 4 week's before calf strong enough....that Christmas week!!!

Madden171 · 03-10-2013 7:38pm

Would I not make more with the calf at foot then selling her incalf,

Muckit · 03-10-2013 7:45pm

You would of course!! I think you'd want the calf at least 3-4 weeks old before selling on. You should do alright with them too esp at this time of the year

adne · 03-10-2013 7:54pm

Madden171 wrote: »

Would I not make more with the calf at foot then selling her incalf,

Dont count your chickens before they hatch

Madden171 · 03-10-2013 7:54pm

Thanks for reply, just about the feeding situation how many bales would I need??

KatyMac · 03-10-2013 8:11pm

Using the formula Teagasc gave out you would need about 84 bales if the winter was to last 6 months! Less if we had a reasonable winter. I use the same formula and it is fairly accurate.

Multiply number of cows by 1.4, multiply that by number of months you expect to have to feed, ie 6
Multiply number of calves by 0.7, multiply that by number of months to feed.
Add these two answers. This gives the answer in tonnes and to turn that into bales multiply by 1.1 .

So you have 7 cows X 1.4 = 59
4 calves X 0.7 = 17
Totalling 76 tonnes. Multiply by 1.1 so your total is 83.6 bales

Madden171 · 03-10-2013 9:06pm

Thanks for that Katy Mac ðŸ˜႒

Best time to sell cow and calf

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